Graham baronets

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Baronets Not to be confused with Barony, Baronage, Baronette, or Baronett.

A baronet (/ˈbærənɪt/ or /ˈbærəˌnɛt/;[1] abbreviated Bart or Bt[1]%29 or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess (/ˈbærənɪtɪs/,[2] /ˈbærənɪtɛs/,[3] or /ˌbærəˈnɛtɛs/;[4] abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The practice of awarding baronetcies was originally introduced in England in the 14th century and was used by James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds.

A baronetcy is the only British hereditary honour that is not a peerage, with the exception of the Anglo-Irish Black Knight, White Knight and Green Knight (of which only the Green Knight is extant). A baronet is addressed as "Sir" (just as is a knight) or "Dame" in the case of a baronetess but ranks above all knighthoods and damehoods in the order of precedence, except for the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, and the dormant Order of St Patrick. Baronets are conventionally seen to belong to the lesser nobility.
Please see this Wikipedia page for further details on baronetcies.

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List of The Graham Baronets

There have been eight baronetcies created for persons with the surname Graham, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. This project will list them to assist in finding them on the tree.

Please see this Wikipedia page for further details on each baronetcies.

Graham baronets, of Braco (1625)

1. Sir William Graham, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1635)
2. Sir John Graham, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1646)
3. Sir William Graham, 3rd Baronet (d. c. 1684)
4. Sir James Graham, 4th Baronet (c. 1661–c. 1700) (dormant)

Now assumed by the Duke of Montrose

Graham baronets, of Esk (1629)

1. Sir Richard Graham, 1st Baronet (d. 1654)
2. Sir George Graham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1624–1658)
3. Sir Richard Graham, 3rd Baronet (1648–1695) (created Viscount Preston in 1681)

Viscounts Preston (1681)

1. Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (1648–1695)
2. Edward Graham, 2nd Viscount Preston (1679–1710)
3. Charles Graham, 3rd Viscount Preston (1706–1739)

Graham baronets, of Esk (1629; Reverted)

1. Sir William Graham, 6th Baronet (1730–1774)
2. Sir Charles Graham, 7th Baronet (1764–1795)
3. Sir Robert Graham, 8th Baronet (1769–1852)
4. Sir Edward Graham, 9th Baronet (1820–1864)
5. Sir Robert James Stuart Graham, 10th Baronet (1845–1917)
6. Sir Montrose Stuart Graham, 11th Baronet (1875–1939)
7. Sir Montrose Stuart Graham, 12th Baronet (1904–1975)
8. Sir Ralph Wolfe Graham, 13th Baronet (1908–1988)
9. Sir Ralph Stuart Graham, 14th Baronet (b. 1950)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son his only son Gabriel Lawrence Graham (b. 1974).

Graham baronets, of Norton Conyers (1662)

1. Sir Richard Graham, 1st Baronet (1636–1711)
2. Sir Reginald Graham, 2nd Baronet (1670–1728)
3. Sir Bellingham Graham, 3rd Baronet (1702–1730)
4. Sir Reginald Graham, 4th Baronet (1704–1755)
5. Sir Bellingham Graham, 5th Baronet (1729–1790)
6. Sir Bellingham Graham, 6th Baronet (c. 1764–1796)
7. Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, 7th Baronet (1789–1866)
8. Sir Reginald Henry Graham, 8th Baronet (1835–1920)
9. Sir (Reginald) Guy Graham, 9th Baronet (1878–1940)
10. Sir Richard Bellingham Graham, 10th Baronet (1912–1982)
11. Sir James Bellingham Graham, 11th Baronet (b. 1940)

• The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Jeremy Richard Graham (b. 1949).
• The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Samuel Reginald Graham (b. 1979).

Graham baronets, of Gartmore (1665)

1. Sir William Graham, 1st Baronet (d. 1684)
2. Sir John Graham, 2nd Baronet (d. 1708)

Graham baronets, of Netherby (1783)

1. Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet (1761–1824)
2. Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet (1792–1861)
3. Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Baronet (1820–1888)
4. Sir Richard James Graham, 4th Baronet (1859–1932)
5. Sir (Frederick) Fergus Graham, 5th Baronet (1893–1978)
6. Sir Charles Spencer Richard Graham, 6th Baronet (1919–1997)
7. Sir James Fergus Surtees Graham, 7th Baronet (b. 1946)

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Robert Charles Thomas Graham (b. 1985).

Graham baronets, of Kirkstall (1808)

1. Sir James Graham, 1st Baronet (1783–1825)
2. Sir Sandford Graham, 2nd Baronet (1788–1852)
3. Sir Sandford Graham, 3rd Baronet (1821–1875)
4. Sir Lumley Graham, 4th Baronet (1828–1890)
5. Sir Cyril Clerke Graham, 5th Baronet (1834–1895)

Graham baronets, of Larbert House and Househill (1906)

1. Sir John Hatt Noble Graham, 1st Baronet (1837–1926)
2. Sir (John) Frederick Noble Graham, 2nd Baronet (1864–1936)
3. Lt. Col. Sir John Reginald Noble Graham, VC, 3rd Baronet (1892–1980)
4. Sir John Alexander Noble Graham, 4th Baronet (b. 1926)

• The heir apparent is the present holder's son Brigadier Andrew John Noble Graham (b. 1956).
• The heir apparent's heir apparent is his only son James Patrick Noble Graham (b. 1990).

Graham baronets, of Dromore (1964)

1. Sir Clarence Johnston Graham, 1st Baronet (1900–1966)
2. Sir John Moodie Graham, 2nd Baronet (b. 1938)

There is no heir to the baronetcy.